AI bias in lung cancer radiotherapy by Kai Ding, Shelby Forbes, Fangfang Ma, Ganxi Luo, Jiayou Zhou, Yian Qi

“…The research objectives of this study are threefold: 1) To determine which features of patient datasets are most susceptible to AI bias; 2) to then measure the extent of such bias; and 3) from the findings generated, offer recommendations for overcoming the pitfalls of AI in lung cancer therapy for the delivery of more accurate and equitable healthcare. …”
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Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and associated risk factors in a Norwegian adult population – the HUNT4 Oral Health study by Thomas R. Klimowicz, Astrid J. Feuerherm, Wenche Moe Thorstensen, Lars M. Berg, Håkon Valen, Rune Becher, Abhijit Sen

“…Methods This cross-sectional study included a random sample of 4,909 individuals aged 19 years and older who completed questionnaires and underwent a standardized clinical examination for OMLs in the HUNT Oral Health Survey (2017–2019). The classification of OMLs was based on the World Health Organization and NHANES III guidelines. …”
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Detecting mass wasting of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in spaceborne elevation models using deep learning by Kathrin Maier, Philipp Bernhard, Sophia Ly, Michele Volpi, Ingmar Nitze, Shiyi Li, Irena Hajnsek

“…We found a total of almost 5000 RTSs active between 2010 and 2021 with volume change rates between 40.75m3yr−1km2 for sites in the Siberian to 1164.11m3yr−1km2 in the Canadian Arctic.…”
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Association between Tomographic Characteristics of Pterygium and Preoperative Anterior and Posterior Topography Measured by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography by Marina Aguilar-González, Enrique España-Gregori, Isabel Pascual-Camps, M. Dolores Pinazo-Durán, Cristina Peris-Martínez

“…Overall, larger anatomical pterygium measurements (limbus thickness (LimbusT), central pterygium thickness (CentreT), head pterygium thickness (HeadT), epithelial thickness at 1 mm (EpitT1mm), stromal thickness at 1 mm (stromT1mm), total thickness at 1 mm (TotalT1mm), total thickness at 2 mm (TotalT2mm), and total thickness at 3 mm (TotalT3mm)) resulted in lower anterior K1, K1r, AvgK, and AvgKr, and posterior K1 and AvgK values. …”
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The Safety of Non‐immunogenic Recombinant Staphylokinase in Elderly Patients With Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Randomized Clinical Trial FORPE by Stanislav G. Leontyev, Elena B. Yarovaya, Vladimir A. Kutsenko, Oleg E. Ivlev, Anna G. Soplenkova, Andrey M. Semenov, Mikhail P. Semenov, Sergey V. Ivanov, Yulia A. Romashova, Sergey S. Markin

“…Safety outcomes were hemorrhagic stroke, bleeding types 3 and 5 according to BARC classification within 7 days after randomization. …”
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The use of DryShield versus rubber dam isolation systems among pediatric patients with different airway patency: A randomized clinical trial by Sara M. Bagher, Ghalia Y. Bhadila, Njood H. Alqahtani, Njood H. Alharbi, Osama M. Felemban

“…The participants were categorized based on their MMC scores into patent airways (classes I and II) and non-patent airways (classes III and IV). The dental procedure was videotaped during treatment, and vital signs, including arterial oxygen saturation, heart rate, and blood pressure, were recorded every 3 min. …”
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A Novel Definition and Grading Diagnostic Criteria for Tumour‐Type‐Specific Comprehensive Cachexia Risk by Chunlei Hu, Minghua Cong, Chunhua Song, Hongxia Xu, Zengqing Guo, Fuxiang Zhou, Lan Zhou, Min Weng, Benqiang Rao, Li Deng, Kaiying Yu, Yongbing Chen, Ziwen Wang, Guotian Ruan, Ming Yang, Chenan Liu, Jiuwei Cui, Wei Li, Kunhua Wang, Zengning Li, Ming Liu, Tao Li, Junqiang Chen, Stephan vonHaehling, Rocco Barazzoni, Hanping Shi

“…Methods This study included 12 651 patients (males: 6793 [53.7%]; females: 5858 [46.3%]; medium age: 58 [interquartile range:50/66] years; medium follow‐up duration: 24.16 [13.32/44.84] months; 4271 [33.8%] patients died; mean survival: 55.53 [95% confidence interval, 54.87/56.10] months; 3344 [26.4%], 4184 [33.1%] and 5123 [40.5%] patients with Stage I–II, III and IV tumour, respectively; derivation set: 10022, validation set: 2629 patients) with 14 types of solid tumours, including lung, gastric, liver, breast, oesophageal, cervical, bladder, pancreatic, prostate, ovarian, colorectal cancer, nasopharyngeal and endometrial carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, from an open and ongoing multicentre cohort study in China. …”
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Latent Health Status Trajectories in Individuals With New or Worsening Claudication Symptoms by Scott Grubman, Gaëlle Romain, Jacob Cleman, Lindsey Scierka, Carmen Pajarillo, Jonathan Kluger, Carlos Mena‐Hurtado, Kim G. Smolderen

“…The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire was used to measure the health status at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months. Latent trajectory modeling enabled the classification of patients into latent Peripheral Artery Questionnaire trajectory subgroups over 12 months. …”
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Short-term morbidity and mortality following radical cystectomy: a systematic review by Klaus Brasso, Martin Andreas Roder, Sophia Liff Maibom, Ulla Nordström Joensen, Alicia Martin Poulsen, Henrik Kehlet

“…The Clavien-Dindo classification for grading complications was most frequently used. …”
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Monitoring active fires in Borneo from Sentinel-2 MSI images by Xiaoxiao Guo, Yongxue Liu, Peng Liu, Huize Wang, Wei Wu

“…(ii) Peatland fires dominated widespread fires in Borneo in 2019, with 1.4 to 2.6 times the size and 3.1 to 16 times the number compared to other years in 2016–2021. …”
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Role of 99mTc-Mebrofenin Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Post Cholecystectomy Syndrome by S. Durga Sowmya, Amit Gupta, Manishi L. Narayan, Udit Chauhan, Jaydeep Jain, Tanuj Singla, Jaine John Chennatt

“…Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) was diagnosed using the Rome 3 criteria and the Milwaukee classification. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy were done when indicated, to establish the diagnosis. …”
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A comparison of social drivers of health identification and intervention rates by sex among patients receiving primary care by Leah A. Holcomb, Elizabeth Crabtree Killen, Kelsey R. Ryan, Aimee L. McRae-Clark, Stacey Seipel, Rita Aidoo, Constance Guille

“…Results Females were significantly more likely to report financial strain (7.96%), food insecurity (4.44%), housing instability (3.72%), intimate partner violence (2.03%), transportation barriers (2.20%), depression (3.93%), and stress (14.10%). …”
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Pollutants generation characteristics from retired wind turbine blades treated with thermochemical methods by Xiaohe XIONG, Yinan ZHANG, Liangyu LI, Jingjing ZHANG, Houzhang TAN

“…Considering that the oxygen generated by NO mainly comes from the blades themselves, traditional air classification is not effective in reducing nitrogen oxides.…”
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Tell me y: anticipation of sex discrepancies in cell-free DNA testing due to maternal genetic abnormalities: a case report by Nuria Balaguer, Emilia Mateu-Brull, Jose Antonio Martínez-Conejero, Ana Cervero, Roser Navarro, Jorge Jiménez-Almazán, Miguel Milán

“…The two clinical cases were classified as low-risk male fetuses according to the primary statistics (case A: NCVx = 0.3; NCVy = 40.6; native fetal fraction (FFi) = 5.1%, and case B: NCVx = −0.3, NCVy = 40.7, FFi = 10.8%); however, the Y-chromosome-based FF (FFy) was significantly lower than the default FF estimate (FFy ≅ 2% in both cases). …”
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Mode of anesthesia is not associated with outcomes following emergency hip fracture surgery: a population-level cohort study by Carol J Peden, Shahin Mohseni, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Gary Alan Bass, Dhanisha Jayesh Trivedi, Lovisa Ekestubbe, Ioannis Ioannidis, Caoimhe C Duffy

“…The association between the type of anesthesia and 30-day and 90-day postoperative mortality, as well as in-hospital severe complications (Clavien-Dindo classification ≥3a), was analyzed using Poisson regression models with robust SEs, while the association with 1-year mortality was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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The association of donor and recipient sex on sepsis rates and hemoglobin increment among critically ill patients receiving red cell transfusions in a retrospective study by Wenhui Li, Yang Liu, Kayla J. Lucier, Nancy M. Heddle, Jason P. Acker

“…Results 25,585 critically ill patients received one or more RBC transfusions; 3,410 were included in the HO‐sepsis and 3,487 in the Hb increment analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the increased risk of spine fracture in patients with mood disorder compared with matched controls: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort in K... by Hyo Geun Choi, Miyoung Kim, So Young Kim, Chanyang Min, Bumjung Park

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted according to the history of osteoporosis, age and sex.Results Approximately 3.3% (2011/60 140) of patients in the mood disorder group and 2.8% (6795/240 560) of individuals in the control group had spine fracture (p<0.001). …”
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Anti-ribosomal-P protein antibodies and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): in a cross-sectional study of Danish adult patients with SLE, no significant association is found betwee... by Anne Voss, Henrik Zachar Langkilde, Anna Christine Nilsson, Nanna Surlemont Schmidt, Sabine Lerke Kamstrup

“…Patients meet the American College of Rheumatology’s 1997 revised classification criteria for SLE and were 18 years of age or older. …”
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Outcomes of surgical management for temporomandibular joint ankylosis and pseudoankylosis: a retrospective report of 26 cases by Kristin Kocsis, Stephanie Goldschmidt, Graham Paul Thatcher, Charles Lothamer, Lisa Alexandra Mestrinho, Lisa Alexandra Mestrinho

“…Surgical treatment outcomes were categorized with a proposed improvement score classification system based on the percent range of motion (ROM) improvement, requirement for revision surgery, and presence of transiente or permanent complications. …”
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Inflammatory activity and markers of extracellular matrix destruction in pulmonary tuberculoma by D. S. Esmedlyaeva, N. P. Alekseeva, T. A. Novitskaya, M. Ye. Dyakova, I. V. Ariel, B. M. Grigoriev, E. G. Sokolovich

“…Statistica 7 software package and the predictive classification method (PCM) were employed for data analysis.Results. …”
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